live. >> very good morning and great to have your company with us today. we've got an action packed show including all of this. >> well, it was a night of history at the ally pally alexandra palace last night as luke littler became the youngest ever world darts champion, beating michael van gerwen to the crown. will get the latest on the 17 year old's remarkable feat. >> it truly was. and despite the cold snap that is currently hitting the country, today has been dubbed sunshine saturday, typically the most popular day for all of us to book our getaways. travel editor at the sun, lisa minnow will join us to talk about how to save money on those trips , and showbiz those trips, and showbiz reporter extraordinaire stephanie takyi will give us the latest on neil young's glastonbury controversy and ross kemp sensational return to eastenders. and we'll also have all of the day's top stories with journalist and broadcaster candice holdsworth and former

labour adviser matthew laza on the sofa with us. >> welcome to saturday morning live only on gb news. >> well, very good morning. it's just coming up to 10:02. and did you see last night luke littler sensational as we said. >> isn't it absolutely amazing making history at 17 years old. >> and apparently he's now set for around £50 million in the coming coming well coming years i suppose, just because of the prominence that he's reached so early on in his career. >> and i think that probably could go up in the near future as well, because he's obviously making the sport more popular. >> and you were saying earlier, michael van gerwen, the guy that he was competing against 25, he was when he first became. yeah, he was already the youngest. yeah. >> so yeah. michael van gerwen, who was the runner up last night, was actually a world champion in 2014. he's 39 now,

the age of 25 i think. >> yes that's right give or take. don't quote us on that. >> absolutely incredible. so don't forget we want to hear from you throughout the show today. we'd love to hear what you think. so send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay. >> but before we do anything else, sophia wenzler, a very keen darter herself, has all the news headlines. >> so i'm tatiana. thank you. good morning. these are your headunes good morning. these are your headlines from the gb newsroom. a 31 year old british man is one of 14 people who were killed when an alleged islamic state supporter drove a truck into crowds celebrating the new year in new orleans, the met police have confirmed. edward pettyfer, from west london, was killed in the attack. the king has been in touch with his family to share his personal condolences. it comes as mr pettyfer has reportedly been identified as

the stepson of prince william and prince harry's former nanny. meanwhile, the fbi believe the man who drove the truck is believed to have acted alone. shamsuddin jabbar's rented truck rammed into crowds in new orleans, killing 14 and injuring dozens. this comes as the fbi says there is no definitive link between the attack and the cybertruck explosion in las vegas. then, hours later in vegas, a tesla cybertruck packed with gasoline canisters and large fireworks exploded in flames outside the trump international hotel, with the driver confirmed as active duty. american soldier matthew liv golf seb gorka gb news can exclusively reveal that the first boatload of illegal migrants this year has crossed the english channel. the border force vessel picked up the migrants from their small boat early this morning, and is currently on its way back to doven currently on its way back to dover. it comes after nearly 37,000 people made the

treacherous journey in small boats last year. over 23,000 have crossed since labour came into government last july. in other news, reform ukip leader nigel farage has said the gloves are off and vows to ramp up his campaigning efforts in kemi badenoch constituency of north—west essex. it follows claims from the conservative leader that reforms online membership tracker was fake, despite several news outlets reporting they had seen the party's membership data and believe the tracker is accurate. speaking ahead of his racecourse rally in kemi badenoch constituency, reform uk leader nigel farage said the tory leader had her chance. >> i gave her an opportunity to apologise for what has now been thoroughly disproven in the media, and she has chosen not to take the opportunity, although that's not surprising, she's not exactly known for her charm. so what to do, what to do.7 well,

what to do, what to do? well, it's all well and good saying, sir, but you have to prove actual harm. she hasn't harmed us. she's given us tens of thousands more members. >> meanwhile, the former conservative mp for dudley north, marco longhi, has defected to reform after accusing the conservative party of becoming unrecognisable. it comes as the reform uk leader has distanced himself from elon musk's support for tommy robinson. nigel farage has said robinson. nigel farage has said robinson is not what we need. after elon musk praised the imprisoned right wing activist. mr musk, the tech billionaire and supporter of mr farage, retweeted a post on x describing robinson as a political prisoner and separately said britain needs reform now. now sir keir starmer is as guilty as anyone over failures to tackle grooming gangs, according to the whistleblower maggie oliver, who

helped expose the scandal. it comes as pressure mounts on the government to deliver a public inquiry into the gangs that systematically groomed and raped young girls. tech billionaire elon musk has called on the king to step in and dissolve parliament, after labour rejected a call for a national inquiry. mr musk has been widely outspoken on the issue after claiming the safeguarding minister, jess phillips, deserves to be in prison. >> the scale of the raping of children by these gangs is so wide and has gone on for so long, and was allowed to happen because of various agencies not doing their job properly. it is doing theirjob properly. it is such a serious matter. so many lives have been destroyed. we must do everything possible to ensure it never happens again. and i therefore think that a wide reaching public inquiry with all the statutory powers,

so that it could compel people to give evidence, is the very least that the victims deserve. >> former met police detective peter bleksley speaking there. now the uk is braced for heavy snow and icy rain this weekend, with the met office warning there could be considerable disruption in some areas. two amber and two yellow alerts have been issued by the met office across most of the country for both saturday and sunday. temperatures fell as low as —8.1 degrees on friday, and the bitter conditions created by an arctic wind are expected to continue into next week. forecasters say power cuts are likely and that vehicles could become stranded on roads as wintry conditions continue. trains and flights could also be delayed or cancelled. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to tatiana and sam for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning

the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> sophia, thank you very much. i don't think i need to be told how just how cold it is outside today. it is freezing and heavy snow is expected also to hit parts of england and wales this weekend, with the met office warning there could be considerable disruption in some areas. >> i was going to say some. i think it's pretty much almost every area. the more severe warnings cover northern england, the midlands and much of wales, and they're in place from tonight right through until tomorrow evening as well. >> temperatures fell as low as minus eight degrees early yesterday. and those bitter conditions created by an arctic wind are expected to continue into next week. >> well, there are warnings that rural communities could be cut off, with up to 30cm of snow expected in some areas. >> disruption is already being

felt this morning, as race meetings at sandown and wincanton have been abandoned due to frozen tracks. we're joined now by gb news northern ireland reporter dougie beattie. dougie. good morning. how is it up there where you are? >> well, good morning and welcome to the beautiful, picturesque village of broughshane, just outside ballymena. now this morning we were in ballymena, which is only about three miles away from here, and the footpaths were covered in snow. there's no snow on the footpaths here, but as you can see from the rooftop of this beautiful old thatched pub, well, it's covered in snow and well, it's covered in snow and we tried to move out towards slemish, just out round the corner and very little snow, but we couldn't actually get up the mountain because the road was impacted with black ice all over the place. i mean, and this is going the place. i m